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Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 the trouble with a lot of this media is that it is often "outdated" in its wokeness when you watch it. For example, star trek the originals had an interracial kiss, which wouldn't strike later watchers as odd. Harry Potter had the girl being the best at magic (because she studied harder), which was commonly accepted by our time. It had the "blood purists" as over-the-top bad guys, also par for the woke course. Harry Potter put a lot of ideas in young kids brains, most predominantly the "witches were unjustly persecuted" idea. So Harry Potter -> devil worship pipeline isn't that far off, even if based bigbrain racists didn't fall for it.
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Moist_Ratstein | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I think about that a lot. I want to believe that most things are made just to be good, at least at the start.
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Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 >most things are made just to be good, at least at the start.
That doesn't necessarily contradict what I've said. BUT: Almost everyone is brought up thinking that this egalitarian stuff IS something good. This idea of freeing ever more oppressed people is everywhere. You learn about history this way even. 
So the authors put things that even we agree are good values, but also have themes that are just a tiny bit *more* egalitarian than mass opinion. Nobody will actually give them pushback, except for fringe people, but that's the point. They put it in because they expect people to praise them for it. Because it is a virtue to be egalitarian!

Harry potter also has other things Rowling expected praise for, and some motifs are going to have their "stalin erases the guy from the picture" moment. One day they will remake harry potter, and you bet your ass they won't again portray the magic government as impotent, fearful and oppressive fools that try to hide the truth about the world.
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Octopi Springfren 1903 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I am amazed that Harry Potter is a fan favorite of people who hate self defense and guns given that Harry basically starts up a militia against the government.
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Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 mark my words they will put warning labels on these movies soon!
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Octopi Springfren 1903 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Do lol?

They already are for old classics like Tom and Jerry.

And a few other really old movies.
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Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 yes and soon they will do it for harry potter, for the reason you said!
They will put warnings, they will remake their own content, and so forth. Look how they devoured Monty python guy john cheese and potter author rowling for not getting with the times! Some day they will banish life of brian to the depths for implying jews haggle and their rebellion against rome was stupid.

not my problem🤷🏻